WORST NIGHTMARE. NIGHTMARISH, HARD CORE PORN PHOTOS FOUND BY THIS WOMAN OF HERSELF ON THE INTERNET. I MEAN. ALLEGATIONS HER OWN BOYFRIEND UPLOADED THEM FOR REVENGE. YOU STILL HAVE THE PHOTOS? HIS SIDE OF THE STORY AS AN INVESTIGATION UNCOVERS THERE MAY BE THOUSANDS OF OTHER PHOTOS AND CASES. BEYOND EMBARRASSMENT. INTARSMENT DOESN'T EVEN COVER IT. THAT VICTIM SAYS HER LIFE WAS DESTROYED. SHE HAD TO CHANGE HER NAME. SHE SAYS YOURS COULD BE TOO. POSTING A PORNOGRAPHIC SHOT OF AN EX ISN'T ILLEGAL. ALL SIDES OF THIS, SOMETHING YOU WILL SEE ONLY ON LOCAL 10. IT IS NEW. MORE THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE CONTACTED THIS VICTIM WITH SIMILAR CASES, ALL THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IS GOING TO THE WEB, TYPING IN THEIR NAME AND THEN FINDING PORN ATTACHED TO THEIR FACES. I HAD HEARD ABOUT THE KIM KARDASHIAN CASE, THEIR SEX TAPE. BUT I ALWAYS THOUGHT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS TO CELEBRITIES. THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN TO A NORMAL PERSON LIKE ME. RACY IMAGES, RAUNCHY POSES. SOME REVEALED ON THE INTERNET BY REVENGE. IMAGINE MY SHOCK WHEN I FOUND THAT THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF PHOTOS. THE PHOTOS BEGAN WITH HER BOYFRIEND. BUT AFTER BREAKING UP, THE SMILES AND INNOCENCE AND EVERY DAY IMAGES SUDDENLY TURNED SHOCKING, EXPLICIT. VERY EXPLICIT OF US ENGAGING IN SEXUAL CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER. LITERALLY HUNDRED OF SEXUAL PHOTOS AND VIDEOS OF HOLLY THOMAS EVERYWHERE ONLINE. WHEN WE TYPED HER NAME, HEINSTANTLY FOUND LINKS LISTING NUDE, EVEN HER PROFESSION. I JUST WENT -- I FROZE. SHE SAYS THE MAN WHO COLDLY CAUSED IT UPLOADED THESE IMAGES AND BROUGHT HER SO LOW WAS THE MAN SEEN HERE SMILING WITH HER. I FEEL COMPLETELY VIOLATED. IN A SELTION WAY. THIS IS A FORM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. HOW CERTAIN ARE YOU HE DID IT? GEABSOLUTELY. HE WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAD THIS MATERIAL. POLICE CHARGED HIM WITH UNLAWFUL PUBLICATION, HARASSMENT AND STALKING. BUT THEN JUST THIS MONTH, DISMISSED ALL COUNTS. THEY CLAIMED HIS FORMER GIRLFRIEND HERSELF TOOK MOST OF THE PHOTOS AND SENT THEM TO HIM. AND CLAIMS HE HIMSELF POSTED NOTHING. THE PHOTOS WERE BETWEEN BOTH OF YOU. SURE. HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN IT? DEFINITELY OUR IMPRESSION, HOW THIS ACTUALLY GOT LEAKED, DISSEMINATED, IS REALLY, REALLY HARD TO FIGURE OUT. IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO TRACK. LEGAL EXPERT SAYS ASIDE FROM TRACKING IT, BRINGING IT TO TRIAL IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TWO STATES HAVE LAWS MAKING REVENGE PORN ILLEGAL, ONLY FIVE STATES, INCLUDING FLORIDA, HAVE PROPOSALS TO POSSIBLY CHANGE THAT. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THIS ISN'T ILLEGAL? THE LAW IS VERY MUCH BEHIND TECHNOLOGY. WAS THE SYSTEM ABLE TO HELP ME? DO YOU FEEL THE POLICE FAILED YOU? ABSOLUTELY. UNTIL THESE PHOTOS ARE ABSOLUTELY ERASED. IT'S YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE. SHE SAYS HER IMAGE CAN NEVER AGAIN BE CLEAN. EVERY TIME I SEE THE PHOTOS, IT FEELS LIKE I AM SEEING THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND I FEEL COMPLETELY VIOLATED AND TRAUMA TIDES ALL OVER AGAIN. HOLLY SAYS HER FACE WAS GRAFTED ONTO BODY DURING OTHER IMAGES AND VIDEOS. NOW INSTEAD OF BEING THE VICTIM, SHE IS PUSHING THIS FORWARD AND TRYING TO HELP OTHERS. SHE FOUND A WEBSITE CALLED CYBER CIVIL RIGHTS.ORG. YOU CAN GET TO IT FROM LOCAL10.COM.

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A woman found hundreds of explicit photos of herself online, and she blamed her ex-boyfriend for uploading them, part of a troubling trend dubbed "revenge porn."

"I just always thought that's something that happens to celebrities. This would never happen to a normal person like me," said Holli Thometz. "Imagine my shock when I found that there were hundreds of photos."

Thometz said the photos began with her boyfriend, but after breaking up, the smiles and innocent everyday images turned "very explicit of us engaging in sexual contact with each other."

"It's really difficult to track," said Mary Anne Franks, an associate professor at the University of Miami Law School, who added that prosecuting revenge porn is nearly impossible.

Only California and New Jersey have laws making revenge porn illegal. Five others, including Florida, have proposed changing that.

"One answer could be is that the law is always very much behind technology," said Franks.

Thometz said her image can never be restored.

"Every time that I see the photos, it feels like I'm seeing them for the first time, it feels like I'm finding out for the first time, and I just feel completely violated and traumatized all over again," she said.

Thometz said she also found her face attached to bodies that weren't hers. More than 1,000 people with similar stories contacted her through The Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, she said.

The law that would've made revenge porn a crime in Florida failed last session. On Monday, lawmakers plan to introduce a new measure making it a felony.

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